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" We had a very sad teenager on our hands on New Year&amp;#039;s Eve. Kerry and Jackson were supposed to go to a party together \u2014 at the apartment of one of the guys that Jackson plays basketball with, a very nice guy named Christopher, whose parents were hosting New Year&amp;#039;s for a bunch of his friends. It was all they were talking about.  Then, at the very last minute, Kerry decided to go out with a few of her new friends from the play.  It wasn&amp;#039;t a nice move to change the plans so late in the game \u2014 it actually felt kind of aggressive to me on Kerry&amp;#039;s part. And while I tried not to listen to them argue about it, I couldn&amp;#039;t help but hear them talk while I was putting Lili down.  &amp;quot;What is the big deal?&amp;quot; Kerry said. &amp;quot;We are together every night. And I don&amp;#039;t necessarily want to hang out with your friends on New Year&amp;#039;s Eve, okay?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Since when are they my friends?&amp;quot; Jackson said. &amp;quot;Christopher is your friend as much as mine, and you were the one who said you wanted to go tonight in the first place.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;So I&amp;#039;m not allowed to change my mind?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Sure you are. And, it&amp;#039;s fine, you know? If you want to go out with Lisa and Marie and everyone, that&amp;#039;s fine. But I don&amp;#039;t get why we can&amp;#039;t \u2026I don&amp;#039;t know\u2026split the night and do both things?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t want to.&amp;quot; Her voice got quieter. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m sorry. I don&amp;#039;t, Jackson. I want to go on my own.&amp;quot;  It seemed to me that it wasn&amp;#039;t particularly nice the way Kerry was talking, but I did understand that maybe she was trying to break away a little.  Maybe she wanted the play \u2014 and the people who were a part of it \u2014 to be hers, outside of Jackson. They were only teenagers, after all!  The thing was that I didn&amp;#039;t know was why she needed to start on New Year&amp;#039;s Eve when I had heard them planning on Christopher&amp;#039;s for well over a month now. (Eons in their lives!)  It made me wonder if she was trying to take a stand for another reason.  In the end, they both calmed down and Kerry did go out with her new friends from the play while Jackson said he was going to head over to Christopher&amp;#039;s. Only, after Kerry was gone, did Jackson sit down on the couch next to Sam and me. We were planning on having a very exciting night in with some of the latest DVDs.  &amp;quot;Do you care if I stay?&amp;quot; he asked.  Sam shot me a worried look over Jackson&amp;#039;s head. &amp;quot;Of course we don&amp;#039;t care, pal,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;d love to have you. But\u2026I really think you should try to go out with you friends. You&amp;#039;ll probably feel better, you know? If you go hang out with Christopher and the guys.\u2026&amp;quot; He shook his head, looking down. &amp;quot;No.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Isn&amp;#039;t it worth a shot?&amp;quot; I asked. &amp;quot;You can always come back here if you&amp;#039;re not having fun. You know that\u2026.&amp;quot; Jackson looked up at me, and his eyes were so freaking sad that I could hardly take it. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t want to.&amp;quot;  I squeezed his shoulder. &amp;quot;Okay, okay. We&amp;#039;ll all just hang here.&amp;quot;  Sam stood up. &amp;quot;But if that&amp;#039;s the plan, we are at least going to head out and pick up dinner together for your Aunt Liz. Just you and me. Fresh air will do you good. It will give you some perspective.&amp;quot;  Reluctantly, Jackson agreed. &amp;quot;Fine,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Deal.&amp;quot;  Then, on his way out the door, he turned back to me. &amp;quot;I think she&amp;#039;s going to break up with me,&amp;quot; he said.  I gave him a sad smile, and tried to think of what to say to him, but thankfully Sam started to shepherd him out the door. &amp;quot;No talk like that tonight. It&amp;#039;s New Year&amp;#039;s.&amp;quot;  Jackson smiled. &amp;quot;Okay.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ll figure it out tomorrow,&amp;quot; Sam said. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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